Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
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Rating: | PG-13 (for martial arts violence and brief partial nudity) |
Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure |
Directed By: | Woo-ping Yuen |
Written By: | John Fusco |
In Theaters: | Feb 26, 2016 Limited |
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as Tiefang
as Hades Dai
as Iron Crow
as Blind Enchantress
as Snow Vase
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as Thunder Fist
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as Silver Dart Shi
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Critic Reviews for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
All Critics (20) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (17)
This martial-arts mediocrity has airborne warriors aplenty but remains a dispiritingly leaden affair with its mechanical storytelling, purely functional action sequences and clunky English-language performances.
With all of the first film's startling beauty and emotional subtlety lost, even Sword of Destiny's established stars look uninspired in their roles.
While Sword of Destiny looks tremendous and the fight scenes are giddy fun, you can't help but get the sensation that something is missing.
Its high-flying action lacks the distinctive elegance of its predecessor.
Sword Of Destiny suffers endlessly by comparison to Ang Lee's groundbreaking 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for the comparative smallness of its vision, its visuals, and its budget.
Long-awaited martial-arts sequel more brutal than original.
Audience Reviews for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
The solid script doesn't try to be a mere copy of Ang Lee's masterpiece (despite a few similar moments here and there), while the visuals are dazzling and the fighting scenes spectacular, although the excess of CGI kills some of the fun and the film ends in a lame last scene.
Super Reviewer
This movie did not feel Chinese at all. From the very obviously non-Asian forest scenes, to the fact that the actors were all speaking English, to an American-sitcom-feeling fight scene where precious Ming vases teeter precariously around the the two young leads, to Donnie Yen looking like a friggin' COWBOY in his leather hat and bandanna getup...
My favourite part about the movie was seeing Harry Shum Jr. in an unexpectedly legit-looking Chinese role -- good on you man! And the young female lead was really pretty and took her role seriously (even if I found it hard to take her seriously with her Australian accent) and I look forward to seeing her in other roles.
More complaints: It felt like bits were being taken from generic fantasy tropes (annoyingly, Western generic fantasy tropes) like the creepy priestess in Game of Thrones, and a motley crew of good guy sidekicks who excel more in witty banter than actual fighting. There's also a forgettable main villain and forgettable people who want vengeance against him. Most people in this movie needed to learn how to pronounce Chinese words properly -- much of it was cringeworthy. Bleah. I'm bored with writing this review already.
Super Reviewer
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